diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 2f6735dbf1a9ded47999ebc97590221b16eb6925..31b148f3e7729d69ab3ee26639d8e68193243c73 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,6 @@ ecryptfs_decode_from_filename(unsigned char *dst, size_t *dst_size,
 			break;
 		case 2:
 			dst[dst_byte_offset++] |= (src_byte);
-			dst[dst_byte_offset] = 0;
 			current_bit_offset = 0;
 			break;
 		}